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Whenever Google launches a new product, seems like you have ~18 months to build the long-term support option its users will need to migrate to once Google shutters their service. :D

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At this point the shutdown announcements are probably sent by a cron job

Which makes me think - are YouTube, Drive and Gmail the holy trinity of long-term google projects that will stand the test of time?

I think you can safely add Search, Maps and Android to your list.

Maps! Yes, how can I forget this gem? Search is how we usually define Google so I thought it best to leave it automatically assumed.

On a personal note, Keep is something I would love to have around for the foreseeable future since I use it a lot.

Not sure on Android. They already work on some replacements. They probably will have some mobile OS for the long-term future, but not sure if that will be Android. But there probably will be some compat layer, at least for the beginning, when/if they plan to roll out some successor/replacement.

And AdWords, obviously

Maps as a user yes. As a website owner it fucked over millions of pages with its exorbitant price hike.

I think Voice is still going? My number still works anyway which surprises me. Gtalk moved to Hangouts which presumably is getting another transition but seems to still be going. And then Docs/sheets/etc.

The thing that shocks me about Google Voice and the fact that it's still around is that it is routinely abused for nefarious purposes. IIRC there was a series of bomb threats made in the US to which the perpetrator was simply using Google Voice and a VPN to mask their location.

I believe Google Voice got a shot in the arm because of the Google phone plans (Google Fi) merging some infrastructure behind the scenes.

At this point, it's probably safe to assume that Fi and GV will die together ...

I wanna know how FeedBurner (2004) hasn't been killed yet? I used it for quite awhile and kept waiting for the email saying it's being shut down. https://feedburner.google.com

Most of their products are not shut down.

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